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Albert Tan joined the firm in 1994 and became a partner in the Finance section in 2004. In addition to serving as co-chair of the Fund Finance Practice Group, he currently serves as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors, Partners’ Compensation Committee and Strategic Growth Committee. He formerly served as a co-chair of the firm’s attorney development and diversity committee.
During his career at the firm, Albert has represented investment and commercial banks, as agents and arrangers in more than 500 subscription secured credit facilities with total value of over $100 billion to Asia, US, Europe, Latin America and global real estate, infrastructure, debt, buyout and energy private equity funds, including structuring and documenting some of the first subscription financing to real estate private equity funds in Japan, Greater China, Singapore and Korea and to some of the largest global infrastructure funds and Asia-focused buyout funds; and during the global financial crises, Albert was one of few fund finance attorneys who represented lenders in the successful enforcement of subscription financing defaults against PE funds and their investors on repayment of subscription financings.
In recognition of Albert’s efforts in the fund finance markets, The National Law Journal selected him to its inaugural list of Finance, Banking and Capital Markets Trailblazers in 2019, and Euromoney Expert Guides, Euromoney Institutional Investor 2012, listed him as a “Leading Practitioner” in its Guide to Leading Practitioners: International Private Equity, United States. Earlier in his career, Albert was also selected in “40 under 40” lists by The Texas Lawyer and Dallas Business Journal, respectively, and “Best Lawyers under 40” by the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Aside from maintaining an active law practice and serving in firm leadership, Albert volunteers his time in the legal community, where he currently serves as a community fellow at SMU Dedman School of Law and has served as a board director and executive council member of the Dallas Asian American Bar Association, Asian Pacific Interest Section of State Bar of Texas, and International Section of State Bar of Texas, respectively, and served as mentors to Asian Pacific American law students and young attorneys. In recognition of his service to the legal community, he is a recipient of: (i) the “Justice Wellington Chew Award,” for the outstanding achievements, commitment, and leadership of a lawyer who has paved the way for the advancement of other Asian Pacific American attorneys and made substantial and lasting contributions to the APA legal profession, as well as the broader APA community (Asian Pacific Interest Section - State Bar of Texas, 2015); (ii) “Inspirational Leadership Award” (Dallas Asian American Bar Association, 2011); (iii) Outstanding Attorney Achievement Award” (SMU Dedman School of Law, AALSA, 2008-2009); (iv) “Council Member of the Year” (Asian Pacific Interest Section - State Bar of Texas, 2019) and (v) “Outstanding Member Award” (Dallas Asian American Bar Association, 2009).
Among the clients that Albert represents are: Bank of America, Bank of China, Bank of Communications, Cathay Bank, China Merchant Bank, Citibank, EBRD, Goldman Sachs Bank, Itaú Unibanco S.A., Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Mizuho Bank, Morgan Stanley Bank, MUFG Union, Regions Bank, Signature Bank, SMBC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, United Overseas Bank, US Trust, and Wells Fargo Bank.
From 1997 to 2000, Albert was based in Hong Kong, where he served a secondment as chief counsel for Caltex Corporation (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation), responsible for all Caltex legal affairs in Greater China, and worked on FDI projects in China and other parts of Asia.
Albert regularly makes presentations and serves as guest speaker and panelist for legal and business seminars on fund finance, private equity, and legal education, organized by, among others, Private Equity International CFOs & COOs Forum, PERE CFOs & COOs Forum, PERE - Asia Summit, PERE - Japan Forum, PERE - North America Forum, Private Equity International – Global Alternative Investment Forum Japan, Privcap, US Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum, FFA Hong Kong – Asia Pacific Fund Finance Symposium (co-chair and steering committee member (2017-2019)), FFA New York - Global Fund Finance Symposium, State Bar of Texas, Bank of America, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Southern Methodist University Law Center, Southern Methodist University School of Business, Texas A&M University School of Law, Institute of International Research, Asia Law and Practice, Euromoney, China Law & Practice, Dallas Greater Chamber, Institutional Real Estate, Inc., and Strafford Publications.
Outside of law, Albert serves on the National Leadership Council and DFW Regional Leadership Council of San Diego State University and has served as board director and advisory board member to the Crow Museum of Asian Art and the Asia Society of Texas, respectively.
谈忠明于1994年加入海博国际律师事务所，并于2004年成为事务所金融业务组合伙人。除了担任基金金融业务组共同主席外，他现在还是事务所董事会、合伙人薪酬委员会、战略增长委员会成员。他之前担任过事务所律师成长和多元化委员会共同主席。
他经常在亚洲、欧洲、拉丁美洲和北美洲私募股权基金的资金融资中代表投资银行和商业银行。他还向美国和中国公司就其在中美两国的外国直接投资项目提供咨询服务。
谈先生所代表的众多知名贷款客户包括：美国银行、中国交通银行、中国招商银行、Comerica、欧洲复兴开发银行、高盛银行，Itaú Unibanco S.A. 、日本国际合作银行、三菱UFJ金融集团、瑞穗银行、摩根士丹利银行、 MUFG联盟、三井住友银行、三井住友信托银行、大华银行、美国信托和富国银行。
谈先生所代表的私募股权和企业客户包括：纪桥（中国〕房地产基金、赛普拉斯收购伙伴零售基金、长城钻探公司、Jowa控股有限公司、MC资产管理控股公司、Toyo-Thai Corporation Public Company和Unipower。
从1997年至2000年，谈先生在香港被借调担任Caltex公司（雪佛龙石油公司的一家全资子公司）首席律师，负责Caltex公司在大中华区的一 切法律事务，并在中国及亚洲其他地区参与FDI项目。
代表银行融资交易包括：
- 向私募股权基金提供超过 300 亿美元担保认购与资本承担、无担保资产池以及信用证偿还信贷措施，包括 Aetos Capital Asia 基金、亚腾基金、宏璟资本（TRG 亚洲合伙人）、布鲁克菲尔德房地产、Carlyle 亚洲、Carlyle 欧洲、Cherokee 房地产、资产信 托公司、柯罗尼资本、CVI 全球、Deerfield 资本、多伦资本 、Evergreen 房地产合伙企业、Fillmore East、First Reserve 、Five Mile 资本、Fortress、Gaw 资本、Grove 国际合伙人、高盛集团发展中市场、Guggenheim 结构房地产、Hampshire 资本、 Hearthstone、Hines Brazil、Invesco 亚洲房地产、摩根大通亚 洲基建基金、瑞德集团、LaSalle 亚洲、LaSalle Japan Logistics、MGPA 亚洲、摩根史丹利房地产基金、Museum Tower、保德信房地产投资公司、Prologis 中国物流风险企业、房地产资本亚洲合伙企业、Rockpoint 集团、稳妥资本日本投资公司、 Soros 房地产投资公司、Triseas Korea、Westbrook 房地产合伙企业、Windsor 和Whitehall 全球合伙企业。
代表外国直接投资与跨境交易包括：
- 1.09 亿美元中外合资项目 30%普通股转让，该项目涉及中国汕头108,000 公吨 LPG 地下岩穴储存库与杂货码头设施的开发、施工与运营；1.16 亿元中外合资企业，进行润滑油和发动机冷却液调配厂施工与运营，并在中国天津市有卸载与运输管道设施；中国常州、无锡和漳州的中外合资企业与 WFOE 制造基地；美国和日本合资企业，在菲律宾开发、施工、拥有并运营一个 1200-MW 天然气联合循环发电站。
谈先生在私募股权国际CFO和COO论坛、PERE-亚洲峰会、PERE-日本论坛、PERE-北美论坛、私募股权国际-全球另类投资日本论坛、Privcap、美国房地产机遇与私募基金投资论坛、FFA香港-亚太基金金融研讨会、FFA纽约-全球基金金融研讨会、德克萨斯州州立律师协会、美国银行、三菱UFJ金融集团、三井住友银行、南方卫理公会大学法律中心、南方卫理公会大学商业学院、德克萨斯A＆M大学法学院、国际研究学院、亚洲法律与实践、欧洲货币、中国法律与实践、环太平洋论坛、大达拉斯商会、全球业务风险论坛、机构房地产公司和斯特拉福德出版社等等组织的法律与业务研讨会上作演讲并作为特邀发言人和专家，讨论银行财政、FDI和和法律教育问题。
荣誉
- “Wellington Chew 大法官奖项”（德克萨斯州律师协会亚太利益部，2015 年）
- “激励领导奖”（达拉斯华裔美国律师协会，2011 年）
- “达拉斯最佳律师”（《D 杂志》，2011-2012 年）
- “杰出成员奖”（达拉斯华裔美国律师协会，2009 年）
- “杰出律师成就奖”（SMU Dedman 法学院，AALSA，2008-2009 年）
- “德克萨斯州新星”（《法律与政治》《德克萨斯州月刊》， 2004-2007 年）
- “40 岁以下最佳律师”（国家亚太美国律师协会，2003 年）
- “40 岁以下沃斯堡地区商业界奖”（《达拉斯商业期刊》，2002年 5 月）
- “德克萨斯州 40 名 40 岁以下最有前途律师”（《德克萨斯州律师》，2001 年 9 月）
专业与团体领导
- 德克萨斯州亚洲协会（咨询委员会）
- 亚洲美术博物馆 Trammell 和 Margaret Crow 收藏（董事会董事 ）
- 达拉斯华裔美国律师协会（董事会董事和 2009 年及 2010 年DAABA 筹款委员会共同主席）
- 德克萨斯州州立律师（执行委员会，国际部与亚太办事处）
- 达拉斯律师基金会成员
- 德克萨斯州最高法院国际法律实践特别小组
- 机构房地产有限公司：观察与远景—亚洲投资者圆桌会议（咨询 委员会，2011–2012 年）
新闻和重要出版物
- 2015 年 3 月受邀于 PERE 亚太峰会演讲：认购融资。
- 2014 年 9 月接受 PERE 杂志采访“日本养老金海外投资采取谨慎操作”（Japanese Pensions Adopt Overseas Caution）。
- 2014 年 9 月受邀在 PERE 论坛日本会场演讲“境外投资——日本走向全球”（Outbound Investing - Japan Goes Global）。
- 2014 年 7 月 10 日“构建投资基金的资本缴纳通知或认股融资工具 ”（Structuring Capital Call or Subscription Loan Facilities for Investment Funds）。
- 2014 年 4 月 10 日出席 2014 年日本全球其他投资论坛（Global Alternative Investment Forum Japan 2014）担任研讨会主持人。
- 2014 年 3 月出席 2014 年PERE 亚洲峰会担任研讨会主持人。
- 2014 年 2 月 26 日“亚洲资本：向外流出是永恒的趋势？”
（Asian Capital - Is the Outbound Story a Permanent Trend?）
- 2013 年 11 月受邀参加 Privcap 研讨会讨论“资本承担融资如何运作”（Capital Commitment Financing: How it Works）。
- 2013 年 7 月 18 日刊登于《法律 360》“在中国开办律所的 5 个要点”（5 Tips for Opening a Law Office in China）。
- 2013 年 3 月 14 日“美国诉讼案例表明国家安全顾虑对于中国投
- 资虽是风险但并非路障：优质建议、细致计划和高能执行是关键 ” （U.S. Actions Demonstrate that National Security Concerns
- Are a Risk, But Not a Certain Roadblock, to Chinese Investments: Good Advice, Careful Planning and Smart Execution Are Critical）。